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Bloggers, Steve & Carolyn Fillmore, the middle children behind Middle Child Productions, who produced the book trailer for my allegorical ‪‎Vampire‬ novella, Vampire Rising, are sharing their thought on the book as well as the book's trailer and some cute behind the scenes photos. Check it out here.

The video trailer for my recently released allegorical ‪Vampire‬ novella, "Vampire Rising," is finally available.

Prologue

The words written here are less a story than a prophesy. Or maybe they’re a prayer. Whatever it is, you need to understand that what is written here is, like Moses’ tablets, written in the hand of God, accurate, and true because it could not be otherwise.

Check out the trailer here.

He is Risen!

It’s release day for my Vampire novella, Vampire Rising. Part allegory, part political commentary, and part romance, it was inspired by the three of the greatest works of fiction ever written: Bram Stoker's "Dracula," "To Kill a Mockingbird," and the bible.

In it, you’ll meet Gatsby Calloway, a 400 year old Vampire & Barnabas Steele, a 25 year old encaustic painter. Once student and teacher, they now have the opportunity to be much more. If they can overcome their differences.

Excerpt

It was a room of pearl grays and faded gold damask, dark wood and darker carpets, all shadowed in flickering candlelight. Gatsby was seated at an ebony nine-and-a-half foot Bosendorfer Concert grand piano―—the one with ninety-five keys, rather than the standard eighty-eight―—which dominated the room. Gatsby himself had a pewter finish: silvery hair swept back, eyes like pieces of ice, pale cheekbones that gleamed. He was cool and pale, champagne in an ice bucket. Playing selections from “A Chorus Line” for a crowd of stalwart admirers, he was radiant in that darkened room. He was gorgeous and charismatic, a charmer of snakes and men.

He looked up, and, seeing Barnabas in the doorway, gasped, for Barnabas was as beautiful as he’d remembered: his caramel skin glowed with youth and vigor. His wide, innocent eyes were clear and his dark hair was cropped short; gone was the defiant retro Afro he’d worn in high school. Staring at him, the frisson of lust and love that shot through him caused Gatsby to miss a note, and frown. He bent over the keyboard; his face dipped into shadow, dissolving into triangles of violet and purple.

Hi Larry, thanks for accepting the friend invite! Nice getting to know you :-)

Today I'm blogging about why I write. Join the conversation on Twitter & Facebook. Use the hashtag #IWrite to tell me why you write, or the hastag #IRead to tell me why you read a particular genre, or type of book
You can check out the blog post here.

My short story collection, Damaged Angels is 50% off today at All Romance Books. It's different to What Binds Us and Unbroken but if you like my writing and are ready for something outside m/m romance it's probably worth a read. You can buy it at the discounted price here.

On Friday, I sat down with David-Matthew Barnes over at PYSK Radio to chat about writing in general, the secret to a long-term relationship and my forthcoming release, “The Christmas Present,” part of the holiday anthology, Boughs of Evergreen to be released by Beaten Track Publishing November 21. You can check out the podcast here. Let me know what you think.

I was very excited to learn my third book, Unbroken, is a 2014 Rainbow Award finalist in the gay contemporary fiction category. (Winners will be announced December 8, 2014.)
Unbroken

Getting ready to head over to Giovanni's Room in Philly to join other 2014 Lammy Finalists in a reading. I'll be reading from Unbrokenwhich also won a 2014 IPPY Award Gold medal. Stop by if you're in town. Would love to see you.

BIG NEWS: Local wordsmiths Glenway Wescott and Larry Benjamin, author of Unbroken nominated for 2014 Lambda Literary Foundation awards:
Read the story in G Philly

I’m chatting with author/blogger Raine O’Tierney over at The Hat Partywhere I reveal all—well not all, but a lot. Stop on by. Post a comment if you’d like.

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My Beaten Track Publishing release, Unbroken, is a Lambda Literary Award finalist in the Gay Romance category.
Review finalist list

This week I'm blogging about what I learned when we stopped to help a crying stranger: Lost & Found

My debut novel, What Binds Us, is available this weekend for just $2.50 (Kindle) & $3 (Audiobook)at Amazon. So if it's been on your reading list, now's your chance to get it.
http://www.amazon.com/What-Binds-Us-L...

My #LGBT memoir, in 6 words: "Age twelve. Jose smiled. Changed everything." is featured on G Philly's blog today. The 6 words, carefully chosen, are also a summary of my upncoming release, Unbroken. http://ow.ly/owbdK

If my first book, What Binds Us, is on your to-read list, now's the time to buy it. It's on sale for $2.51 at Amazon ow.ly/lJNrh and $2.99 everywhere else

If my short story collection, Damaged Angels, has been on your to-read list, now is the time to buy it. It's just 99 cents in the Kindle store. http://ow.ly/lKbta

Damaged Angels

In this week's blog post, I reveal the relationship that inspired some of the stories in my newest release, Damaged Angels http://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...

Damaged Angels, my short story collection from Bold Strokes Books is now available. Read the first story. http://ow.ly/ebuBb http://ow.ly/i/Zm4w

At last! The follow up to What Binds Us, Damaged Angels, is available ahead of its Oct. 1 release exclusively at Bold Stokes Books (http://www.boldstrokesbooks.com/)

You can read an excerpt here: http://www.larrybenjamin.com/Excerpt....

I interview independent film makers Cati & Mike Rodriquez about their upcoming LGBT release "Prince and Ekaj" in today's blog post. Check it out. http://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...

Want to know what three things I'd take with me to a desert island? Catch my author interview over at Orangeberry Book Tours.

Judging from the responses I've gotten, this week's Blog post Inspiration Returns about how remembering my first crush inspired my latest bout of writing is really resonating with readers. I was 12 and in seventh grade. He was the new kid. His name was José. He walked into fourth period music, smiled and changed everything. Until that moment...
Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to drop me a note about this.

Joey Pinkney interviews me about my debut novel What Binds Us http://joeypinkney.com/african-americ...

Hey I'm over at Carina Press' blog today talking about bullying, how we can take a stand and why my first book, What Binds Us, spent nearly 20 years in a drawer. Come on over for a chat http://carinapress.com/blog/

Pia wrote: "Hi Larry, welcome to GR and congrats on your first book!"

Hi Pia

thanks for the welcome and the congratulations. I'm very excited but the waiting (until March is killing me. ;-) I'm finishing up my next book so at least I have that distraction.

Barbara wrote: "Hey, Larry. I have a friend who is published through Dreamspinner. Joel Skelton. You'll have to look for him. Do you have work published through them?"

Hi there. Nope haven't published through Dreamspinner but I need to find a publisher for the book I'm just finishing up--it's a colection of short stories so it won't be Carina.

Hey, Larry. I have a friend who is published through Dreamspinner. Joel Skelton. You'll have to look for him. Do you have work published through them?

Hi Larry, welcome to GR and congrats on your first book!

thank you for the friend request!

Thanks for the friend request!

Hi Larry - thanks for the add! Make you way over to the introducing thread at m/m romance and say "hi". :)